CLINTON, Miss. -- The Mississippi College men's tennis team opened up the 2022 home slate Tuesday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex falling to to West Alabama by a final of 5-2.

West Alabama opened things up early with a 1-0 lead after defeating the Choctaws in all three doubles matches, as West AL captured the doubles point.

In singles play, Hsiang Yi Wang knocked off Lucas Hammond (6-3, 5-6,1-0 (tiebreaker) while #6 singles, Walker Ellis defeated Patricio Nieto 6-4 and 6-1.  

Mississippi College took the loss 5-2 down the stretch as they fall to 0-2 on the season. Mississippi College returns action on February 23 at home versus Jackson State beginning at 2 p.m. at the MC Tennis Complex.

West Alabama (1-0) -vs- Mississippi College (0-2)
2/8/2022 at Clinton, Miss. (MC Tennis Complex)
West Alabama 5, Mississippi College 2
Date: 2/8/2022
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Clinton, Miss.
Arena: MC Tennis Complex

Doubles
Ilari Vesanen / Marcel Hornung [WA] 6 Carlos Trujillo / Matias Ballatore [MCM] 3
Nuutti Jokinen / Loic Danze [WA] 6 Shane Samyn / Hsiang Yi Wang [MCM] 3
Lucas Hammond / Ilia Dehodiuk [WA] 6 Joe Jarvis / Walker Ellis [MCM] 0

#1 Singles
Ilia Dehodiuk [WA] 6 6
Brady McDaniel [MCM] 2 4

#2 Singles
Ilari Vesanen [WA] 6 6
Joe Jarvis [MCM] 4 0

#3 Singles
Lucas Hammond [WA] 3 7 0
Hsiang Yi Wang [MCM] 6 5 1

#4 Singles
Nuutti Jokinen [WA] 6 6
Carlos Trujillo [MCM] 4 4

#5 Singles
Loic Danze [WA] 6 6
Matias Ballatore [MCM] 0 0

#6 Singles
Patricio Nieto [WA] 4 1
Walker Ellis [MCM] 6 6